Update: It turns out that when you set an applet as the default application for some particular file type, it doesn’t “stick.” So now I suppose I need to go to ApplescriptObjC, since AppleScript Studio is dead… Ugh.
Do you ever find yourself unintentionally opening an HTML file in Safari, when you really want to open it in BBEdit; or watch Photoshop open up when you just wanted to preview a JPEG?
WhichApp is a little applet that aims to fix this problem. When you open a file with WhichApp, it will present you with a configurable list of applications you can use to open the file. Pick your favorite app, and you’re in business!
Just double click on the applet to build your list of applications. Get Info on a file, choose “Other…” as the default application, and then select WhichApp. Now every time you open that file, you can pick which program ought to open it! Change the setting for all files of that type, and you can avoid the frustration of opening the wrong program every time you open that kind of file!
And, yes, you can duplicate WhichApp and rename it as many times as you want so you can have different selection lists for different file types.
WhichApp was developed on Snow Leopard and hasn’t been tested anywhere else. It’s just an AppleScript, though, so it should work everywhere.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| WhichApp | 30.82 KB |